Washington, DC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/07/2006 -- A certification in applied ethics may be obtained totally through distance study online. The result of a collaboration of business, education and government organizations, the program addresses the need for certified character and ethics trainers worldwide.

"A Certified Applied Ethicist (CAE) is a professional who involves his or her community in character and ethics development", states LaFonda Oliver, spokeswoman and Director of Communications for CEFE, The Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise, a non profit division of Global Academy Online, Inc., is the sponsor of the advanced training program. Completion leads to the Certified Applied Ethicist (CAE) recognition.

According to Oliver, "A Certified Applied Ethicist can be a community leader, grade school teacher, professional, or an average concerned citizen desiring to instill in their community right mindedness, character development. A CAE trained specialist notes Oliver, encourages and works with community leaders to boost a community's grass roots integrity and character.

By being online, candidates may undertake applied ethics study anywhere in the world, night or day and at their convenience. A CAE professional recognition is reserved for trainees who have successfully navigated the complete certification program. All graduates are awarded lifetime membership in the non-profit Applied Ethics Institute, a professional ethics membership organization.

The CAE Program was created and developed by CEFE founder and author, Professor Fred DiUlus, the CEO of Global Academy Online, Inc, CEFE's sponsor and principal benefactor. "While collaborating with many of the worlds largest organizations," DiUlus states, "we were able to build a framework online of what organizations and communities were looking for in skilled applied ethics practitioners and trainers." The online framework is offered through CEFE's sister organization Powered by Global, an online learning management system that permits students and trainers to work closely together regardless of where either of them is located.

Applicants for certification must be at least high school graduates, employed full time for at least three years, and evidence via written application a personal desire to train and teach others character development and ethics. Certification training information may be acquired by visiting the CEFE website at www.cefe.org.

Certified applied ethics training begins the first of every calendar month throughout the year.

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The Applied Ethics Institute is designed to be an active network of applied ethics professionals and to train individuals in a comprehensive online ethics certification program leading to the professional designation “certified applied ethicist” a CAE.

Washington, DC -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/07/2006 -- CEFE, The Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise, a ten year "not for profit" veteran of training of individuals and institutions in ethics and entrepreneurship has announced the opening of its membership based Applied Ethics Institute and certified applied ethics training program.

"Membership in the Institute is open to all practitioners, scholars, students of applied ethics, and those that want to be" according to spokeswoman and Director of Communications for CEFE, LaFonda Oliver.

The Institute is designed to be an active network of applied ethics professionals and to train individuals in a comprehensive online ethics certification program leading to the professional designation "certified applied ethicist" or CAE. "The certification program is tough, rigorous, and compresses a years worth of work into 10 weeks via a specially designed total immersion training program", states Oliver. "It is taught by experts and if a candidate successfully navigates this program, they will know," she goes on, " that they are Certified Applied Ethicists."

"There is no question a growing need for certified ethics professionals exists", states Oliver. "Unfortunately, many who are enlisted to teach or act as ethicists or diversity officers within organizations today are truly not qualified". She points out that certified graduates will be capable of delivering training in their own workplace or in their community and have the added expertise to deliver CEFE's proprietary 'Four Point' Community Character & Ethics Professional Development Program, if they so desire. The "Four Point" program notes Oliver was developed from a grant provided to CEFE through the offices of New Mexico's US Senator Pete Domenici, a long time advocate of character and ethics development programs.

The Institute's genesis, according to Oliver came from CEFE founder, Professor Fred DiUlus, who is also the CEO of CEFE's corporate sponsor, Global Academy Online, Inc. According to Oliver, CEFE and the Institute emerged from DiUlus' doctoral research in applied ethics while he was attending the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"It is our hope", Professor DiUlus notes "that Institute members will volunteer their time, talent, and even treasure, if need be, in their workplace and in their community as opportunity arises to teach, demonstrate, counsel and/or train others in applied ethics."

Applicants for the certification program must be at least a high school graduate, have been employed full time for at least 3 years and have a strong, if not overwhelming desire to train and teach others character development and ethics. Membership and certification training applications can be made directly on the Applied Ethics Institute website located at www.AppliedEthics.info.

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